Agri-Business
4,000 eligible farmers still to apply for NI’s Covid-19 support fund
Almost 4,000 farmers have still not responded to claim their share of Northern Ireland’s agricultural Covid-19 support money. Agriculture Minister...
DAERA
Agri-Business
Poots encourages NI farm businesses to apply for Covid-19 support fund
Northern Ireland Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has urged all eligible farm businesses to apply to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
Environment
Slurry buffer zones to increase in NI from next month
New slurry spreading restrictions are set to come into force in Northern Ireland in just two weeks, with the spreading...
Agri-Business
Greening requirements to be scrapped in NI from 2021
Plans are afoot to scrap greening requirements in Northern Ireland, the region’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has announced today (September...
Agri-Business
Poots writes to southern counterpart over NI eligibility for Bord Bia schemes
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland over concerns as to...
Agri-Business
CAFRE’s Technology Demonstration Farms get up and running again
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced that its Technology Demonstration Farm programme is back...
Agri-Business
Just 1 of NI’s 21 lakes classified as ‘good’ in latest assessment
Just one of Northern Ireland’s 21 lakes has been classified as ‘good’, according to a report released this week by the...
Agri-Business
Changes to be made to NI farming Covid-19 support payments
Letters detailing offers of Covid-19 support money for Northern Ireland farmers are expected to arrive over the next few days....
Agri-Business
‘Business case approved’ for new AFBI beef unit
A new beef unit for Northern Ireland’s Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is now a step closer. The region’s...
Agri-Business
EFS grants: Farmers urged to be aware of what they are agreeing to
Northern Ireland farmers considering signing up to the latest round of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) are urged to be mindful...
Agri-Business
NI Agriculture Minister and agri committee chairman visit Antrim farms and bogland
Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister and agriculture committee chairman made good on promises to meet with farmers to discuss solutions to...
Agri-Business
EFS Wider Level to open on Monday for applications
Applications for tranche four of the Environmental Farming Scheme Wider Level (EFS) will open on Monday (August 17), DAERA Minister...
Agri-Business
4 new AgriSearch projects secure stage one funding
Agricultural research body AgriSearch has secured stage one funding for four Northern Ireland based projects. The projects will see AgriSearch...
Agri-Business
Glenelly Valley flood farmers: ‘We are as much value as the Primark fire businesses’
Tyrone farmers whose businesses were devastated by flash flooding three years ago say they feel “let down” by empty promises...
N.Ireland
North-west farmers plea for help 3 years on from devastating floods
Three years on from catastrophic flash flooding, farmers in Northern Ireland’s north-west are still pleading for government support. The floods...
N.Ireland
Minister announces ‘phased return’ of face-to-face industry support by CAFRE
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to gradually reintroduce CAFRE’s face-to-face knowledge and technology programmes in Northern Ireland. To...
N.Ireland
Almost 15,000 cattle ‘stolen’ in NI in just 4 years
“Astonishing” figures show as many as 14,506 cattle have gone missing in Northern Ireland over the last four years. The...
Agri-Business
£1.7 million rural business fund launched for Northern Ireland
A new £1.7 million stimulus fund to help rural and micro-businesses expand, innovate and sustain rural communities has been launched...
